append

[uh-pend]

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verb (used with object)

to add as a supplement, accessory, or appendix; subjoin: to append a note to a letter.
to attach or suspend as a pendant.
to sign a document with; affix: to append one's signature to a will.

Origin of append

1640–50; < Latin appendere, equivalent to ap- ap-¹ + -pendere to hang (transitive)

Related formsmis·ap·pend·ed, adjectiveun·ap·pend·ed, adjective

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Related Words for appended

affix, annex, fix, conjoin, hang, attach, supplement, adjoin, fasten, subjoin

Examples from the Web for appended

Contemporary Examples of appended

The missive was received back in London by David Barrie, a senior diplomat, who appended his own note.
British Officials Portrayed Reagan as a “Bozo”
Nico Hines, Ben Jacobs
April 30, 2014
In 1901, Bram Stoker appended a new introduction to the Icelandic edition of Dracula, his most famous novel.
Stoker Family Values
Matthew Shaer
October 30, 2009

Historical Examples of appended

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Beowulf
Unknown
The grinning death's head seal was appended in lieu of a signature, as before.
The Film of Fear
Arnold Fredericks
As such, they may not be included but be appended to the traditional text.
Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome
Apicius
Those which have (a) appended to them are known to have representatives in America.
The Gypsies
Charles G. Leland
He then appended his signature and handed it to one of the attendant Cossacks.
The Coming Conquest of England
August Niemann

British Dictionary definitions for appended

append

verb (tr)

to add as a supplementto append a footnote
to attach; hang on

Word Origin for append

C15: from Late Latin appendere to hang (something) from, from Latin pendere to hang

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Word Origin and History for appended

append

late 14c., "to belong to as a possession or right," from Old French apendre (13c.) belong, be dependent (on); attach (oneself) to; hang, hang up," and directly from Latin appendere "to cause to hang (from something), weigh," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + pendere "hang" (see pendant).

Meaning "to hang on, attach as a pendant" is 1640s; that of "attach as an appendix" is recorded by 1843. OED says the original word was obsolete by c.1500, and these later transitive senses represent a reborrowing from Latin or French. Related: Appended; appending.